Happy Adjusted First Birthday!

As of tomorrow Hailey is "officially" 1! Ha, ha ... Tomorrow, September 16, was Hailey's due date. Can you believe it - 64 days after she was actually born! This is why I am always adjusting her age because whether she was in the womb or outside she was still developing as if she was in the womb. That is why she needed help breathing until her lungs developed, why she couldn't suck on a bottle etc ... So even though she is now actually 14 months, her adjusted age would be 12 months. They adjust preemie's age until 2 because they meet alot of milestones between birth and 2 years of age and as long as a preemie is on track for their adjusted age there is nothing to worry about and Hailey is right on track.
She is finally feeling better! YEAH! Hopefully we can enjoy the nice weather this weekend. Yesterday, we went and had PT at her therapists house. She has a machine called a lite gait and it has a harness that holds the child up over a treadmill which is supposed to eliminate them holding on to anything and have them get the feel of walking. Hailey is SO close to walking, but as the PT says she is just not confident enough to let go. So we tried this machine and she screamed - as I assumed she would. She did settle down at times, but didn't like it overall. She kept looking for something to hold on to for stability even though the harness was doing that for her. Jen did say that in the 3 years she has had the machine Hailey did the best first time walking. So even though she was screaming, she was walking on the treadmill. Funny ... We will try this for a few minutes every week.

Here are a couple cute pictures of Hailey at the park -